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13 weeks preg, using at home doppler, heartbeat sounds normal at one spot but then sounds like its thudding hard, something wrong with the baby?

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Dr. Richard Zimon answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

No: VARIATIONS in sound are related to POSITION and the amount of Uterine FLUID in between the probe and the fetus! Hope this is helpful Dr Z BTW "Fetal distress is characterized by alteration in heart RATE NOT the volume of the sound!

Answered 9/23/2017

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It should be ok : It should be ok ,for your mental satisfaction you can always get it checked with your obgyn

Answered 9/24/2017

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OK: Likely heart rate from fetus, and also picked up at placenta site

Answered 10/15/2017

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